GLENMORE JENNIFER McMahon, coordinator for the Heart and Stroke Foundation BC & Yukon sends many thanks to Collingwood School Grade 12 stu- dents Katie Gilbert and Aleya Karim. The pair coordinated the school’s Jump Rope For Heart event and helped to raise more than $19,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. There was no teacher designated to oversee the event this year so Katie and Aleya took on the task. “Grade (2 is a demanding school year at the best of times, so to take on 4 project such as the Jump Rope For Heart is really commendable. “Youth volunteerism is something not often visible to the public eye so in order to encourage this rewarding commit- ment to helping others, we need to take the time to acknowledge our teens when they do a great job and give them a weli- earned pat on the back. “Thanks so much, Katie and Aleya for a job well done,” said McMahon. climber BY ROBERT GALSTER Contributing Writer A North Shore Search and Rescue Team mem- ber was recently chosen volunteer of the year by the Attorney General Ministry's — Provincial Emergency Program. Ross Montgomery, 65, received the award at the pro- gram’s annual awards banquet held on May 3 in Victoria. An experienced climber, Montgomery initially had mixed emotions for the per- sonal triumph. “No one person should be singled out like this.” said Montgomery in reference to the organization's _ selfless approach to its task. He added that receiving the award was IEE eM “quite gratifying.” NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge Mcntgomery said the skills he acquired as aclimber retired dentist who has recently ‘concentrated his NORTH Shore Search and Reecue Team made him a natural for the search and rescue squad. efforts on the provincial Search and Rescue Advisory member Ross Montgomery was recently “I was involved in intemational climbing expedi- Committee. honored as B.C.’s search and rescus val- tions ... and thought it'd be quite worthwhile to use One of the committee’s goals is to set a provincial unteer of the year by the Attorney ¢ General some skills in search and rescue," said Montgomery. standard for the training and equipment of squads during a ceremony in Victoria. A 20-year. veteran of the squad, Montgomery is a around the province. Cross-country in a Ford Mi eeNs BY ANDREW MCCREDIE ‘Community Editor IT’S safe to say Sandy Sanderson isn’t too wor- ried about photo radar dur- ing the cross-country trip he starts on Monday. The retired Vancouver -police officer is driving his 1928 Model A Special coupe from West Vancouver to St. John's, Newfoundland (and back). By himself. “TE can’t wait to get the old girl up to her *happy speed" and ‘start knocking off the clicks.” Sanderson said of his impend- owns a 1915 Model T, a 1925 Cadillac. a 1927 McLaughlin Buick and a 1935 Pontiac) rep- resents the [3th car he has restored. As to the old girl's “happy speed,” Sanderson says this Madel A's is 35 m.p.h. “Every old car has a happy speed.” he explains. “The vibration of the car at happy speed is smooth, and anything else than the happy speed immediately changes the vibra- tion and the sound.” As for the first leg through the hill-climbing Rockies, Sanderson is unconcemed. The day after he finished restoring dozen problems on the trip and nothing. went) wrong.” he recalls of the road test. ‘There’s an [1-mile hill near Osoyoos and I went up that in high gear.” No stranger to cross- Canada travel — he rode a motorcycle across the country in 1984 — Sanderson hasn't even considered that the Model A won't make it, then adds, “*! got one of everything in the trunk.” In fact, the 73-year-old is more concemed about himself. He had a quadruple bypass in 1990. Upon mecting the cup of 35 years you'd swear he could walk his old Granville Street beat again tomorrow. Newfoundland. He wants to connect with the hundreds of Second World War airmen that live across the country. Sander- NEWS photo Mike Wakes SANDY Sanderson applies a little elbow grease to- the 1928 Model A he intends to drive from his West Vancouver home to St. John’s, *!swfoundland. ing journey. the Model A in 1989, he took it This particular girl in) ona road test —- to Castlegar. His reason for doing the son was a gunner with the Sanderson's harem (he also “f expected maybe half a trip? He’s never been to | RCAF during the war, Pour Apprendre et Vivre en Sweep out "Sale! everything must go 4 QO” 50? HARRISON GALLERIES Present a Une éducation de qualité | supé- rieure adaptée aux besdins de vos enfants. 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